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Bach arrives in Kuala Lumpur for IOC session

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrived in Malayia’s capital Kuala Lumpur on Friday ready for IOC’s 128th executive board

Malaysia

Western tourists jailed for naked mountain pose

Four Western tourists who posed naked on top of a Malaysian mountain have been fined and jailed for three days. Their actions were blamed by some

Malaysia

Malaysia arrests foreigner over nude pictures in quake furore

Malaysia

19 Climbers killed in quake near Malaysia's highest mountain

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has hit near Malaysia’s highest mountain. The quake by Mount Kinabalu in Sabah state killed at least 19 climbers

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Thailand

Myanmar refuses sole responsibility in Rohingya migrant crisis

Myanmar has rejected exclusive responsibility for the Rohingya crisis, at an international meeting in Bangkok. Indonesia and Malaysia in recent weeks

Malaysia

Malaysia: Police officials arrested as over 100 'migrant graves' discovered

Malaysia’s deputy home minister says 139 uncovered graves, which are believed to contain the corpses of trafficked migrants, appear to hold one body

Malaysia

Forensic police in Malaysia exhume migrant corpses buried along the Thai border

Malaysian forensic teams are involved in the macabre task of exhuming the bodies of hundreds of migrants found at 140 grave sites and abandoned

World News

Troubled waters: the South China Sea dispute

With the world distracted by seemingly more immediate stories of war, migration and elections, a spat between the US and China wasn’t exactly

Malaysia

Malaysian forensic officers examine remains of migrants found along Thai border

Police forensic teams in Malaysia are at work to identify whether the remains uncovered at 139 grave sites and 28 abandoned camps are Bangladeshi or

Malaysia

Malaysian police find 139 mass graves near Thai border

Malaysia

Dozens of suspected migrant graves found near Malaysia-Thailand border, police reveal

Malaysian police have revealed that 140 graves, believed to contain the remains of migrants, have been found near the country’s border with Thailand

World News

Malaysia and Indonesia offer shelter to 7,000 'boat people'

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they will offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants at sea but that is the limit. They said it is on the

Sport

Badminton bad boy back on court

Lee Chong Wei, former badminton world number one, is set to return to the court after being handed a eight-month backdated ban by the Badminton World

Malaysia

Dutch-led team to investigate last unexamined area of downed MH17 flight

A team of investigators has gained access to the area where the last unexamined wreckage of the downed Malaysian Airlines MH17 lies. The team hope to

Malaysia

Senior officials killed in Malaysia helicopter crash

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s chief of staff as well as a former ambassador to the United States were among six people killed in a

Indonesia

MH17 crash: Video appeal launched for BUK rocket witnesses

A video appeal has been launched for witnesses who may have seen the transport or firing of a Russian-made rocket at Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

Sport

Malaysian Grand Prix: Vettel strikes back

Welcome back to Speed, our programme dedicated to the world of motorsport. Germany’s Sebastian Vettel stunned world champion Lewis Hamilton on

Malaysia

Malaysia Airlines: Dead battery 'did not hinder' MH370 search

A day after a government interim report into the flight's disappearance, there has been more criticism of the response of the airline and the authorities into the mystery.

World News

MH370: One year on but still no answers

One year since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, the search for the Boeing 777 continues. The flight vanished from radar screens shortly

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Search for MH370 "can't go on forever" says Australia PM

Almost one year after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has hinted that search efforts will